• Evita le allitterazioni, anche se allettano gli allocchi.
• Non è che il congiuntivo va evitato, anzi, che lo si usa quando necessario.
• Evita le frasi fatte: è minestra riscaldata.
• Esprimiti siccome ti nutri.
• Non usare sigle commerciali & abbreviazioni etc.
• Ricorda (sempre) che la parentesi (anche quando pare indispensabile) interrompe il filo del discorso.
• Stai attento a non fare… indigestione di puntini di sospensione.
• Usa meno virgolette possibili: non è “fine”.
• Non generalizzare mai.
• Le parole straniere non fanno affatto bon ton.
• Sii avaro di citazioni. Diceva giustamente Emerson: “Odio le citazioni. Dimmi so...

(fonte: Gamberi Fantasy)

• A tale shall accomplish something and arrive somewhere.
• The episodes in a tale shall be necessary parts of the tale, and shall help to develop it.
• The personages in a tale shall be alive, except in the case of corpses, and that always the reader shall be able to tell the corpses from the others.
• The personages in a tale, both dead and alive, shall exhibit a sufficient excuse for being there.
• When the personages of a tale deal in conversation, the talk shall sound like human talk, and be talk such as human beings would be likely to talk in the given circumstances, and have a discoverable meaning, also a discoverable purpose, and a show of relevancy, and remain in the neighborhood of the subject at hand, and be inte...

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• My Legions of Terror will have helmets with clear plexiglass visors, not face-concealing ones.
• My ventilation ducts will be too small to crawl through.
• My noble half-brother whose throne I usurped will be killed, not kept anonymously imprisoned in a forgotten cell of my dungeon.
• Shooting is not too good for my enemies.
• The artifact which is the source of my power will not be kept on the Mountain of Despair beyond the River of Fire guarded by the Dragons of Eternity. It will be in my safe-deposit box. The same applies to the object which is my one weakness.
• I will not gloat over my enemies' predicament before killing them.
• When I've captured my adversary and he says, "Look, before you kill me, will you a...

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• I will not order my trusted lieutenant to kill the infant who is destined to overthrow me -- I'll do it myself.
• I will not waste time making my enemy's death look like an accident -- I'm not accountable to anyone and my other enemies wouldn't believe it.
• I will make it clear that I do know the meaning of the word "mercy"; I simply choose not show them any.
• My undercover agents will not have tattoos identifying them as members of my organization, nor will they be required to wear military boots or adhere to any other dress codes.
• I will design all doomsday machines myself. If I must hire a mad scientist to assist me, I will make sure that he is sufficiently twisted to never regret his evil ways and seek to undo the damage he's caus...

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• All giant serpents acting as guardians in underground lakes will be fitted with sports goggles to prevent eye injuries.
• All crones with the ability to prophesy will be given free facelifts, permanents, manicures, and Donna Karan wardrobes. That should pretty well destroy their credibility.
• I will not employ an evil wizard if he has a sleazy mustache.
• I will hire an entire squad of blind guards. Not only is this in keeping with my status as an equal opportunity employer, but it will come in handy when the hero becomes invisible or douses my only light source.
• All repair work will be done by an in-house maintenance staff. Any alleged "repairmen" who show up at the fortress will be escorted to the dungeon.

(fonte: l'instagram di Edith Joyce)

• Rinuncia all'idea che riuscirai mai a finire: non pensare al tot di pagine che dovrai scrivere ma all'obiettivo di una pagina alla volta.
• Scrivi liberamente e il più rapidamente possibile - metti tutto su carta, e non correggere né riscrivere finché non sei arrivato alla fine: fermarsi per correggere interferisce col flusso e col ritmo di scrittura.
• Dimentica il pubblico - in realtà, esiste un lettore solo: meglio scegliere una persona reale o immaginaria e scrivere per quella.
• Se una scena ha la meglio su di te e pensi ancora di volerla inserire, ignorala e vai avanti: ci tornerai quando sarà finito tutto.
• Fai attenzione a non affezionarti troppo a una scena: se diventa troppo importante...